Judging at Therfield School, Leatherhead – The First Give Final.

I had an enjoyable time being a judge this week at Therfield School in Leatherhead at the First Give Final.

First Give run an excellent programme at any school willing to take part. At Therfield it was the Year 8s that participated but any year can sign up. Six weeks before the Final they are given a briefing about supporting a charity and each class in the year picks a charity to find out about, raise awareness for and fund-raise. At the Final, representatives from each class give a short presentation on their chosen charity and are judged on the content, creativity and delivery of the presentation and their commitment to the charity, creativity and impact of the project.

All six classes produced excellent presentations and they had all been undertaking creative activities to raise awareness and fund-raise. The winning class, which was a unanimous decision by the five judges, was Class 8YI who were supporting the Mary Francis Trust, a Leatherhead based charity helping adults with mental health issues.

The photograph show head teacher, James Malley and the representatives of the Class 8YI with the winning cheque.